Patent SG-11201804950P-A (SG)
Title: Use of reactive fluids in additive manufacturing and the products made therefrom
Inventor: SHIMIZU HIDEHARU
IPC: B05D3/06
Filed: 2016-12-23
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization M1111101110101011111 HO 11111 0111301011101 11111 1 111110H III 11 International Bureau ... ..... ..Yi j ..... .„,,,, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/117041 Al 6 July 2017 (06.07.2017) WI P0 I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: Robert [US/US]; 16392 Maple Rock Ct., Parker, CO B05D 3/06 (2006.01) B23K 26/322 (2014.01) 80134 (US). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: PETERSEN, Steven, C.; 262 Wicker, Irvine, CA PCT/US2016/068490 92618 (US). (22) International Filing Date: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 23 December 2016 (23.12.2016) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (25) Filing Language: English BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (26) Publication Language: English DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (30) Priority Data: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, 62/271,901 28 December 2015 (28.12.2015) US MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (71) Applicant: MATHESON TRI-GAS, INC. [US/US]; 150 NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, Allen Road, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 (US). RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, (72) Inventors; and ZA, ZM, ZW. (71) Applicants : SHIMIZU, Hideharu [JP/US]; 1861 Lefthand Circle, Longmont, CO 80501 (US). RAYNOR, (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every Mark, W. [US/US]; 1678 Northwester Road, Longmont, kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, CO 80503 (US). TEMPEL, Daniel, J. [US/US]; 1577 GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, Hickory Drive, Erie, CO 80516 (US). YAO, ]unpin TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, = [CN/US]; 1899 Caleta Trail, Longmont, CO 80504 (US). TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, = WAGG, Larry [CA/US]; 1861 Lefthand Circle, Long- DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, moot, CO 80501 (US). WYSE, Carrie [US/US]; 1861 LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Lefthand Circle, Longmont, CO 80501 (US). TORRES, [Continued on next page] = (54) Title: USE OF REACTIVE FLUIDS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND THE PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM = (57) : The present invention gen- erally = relates to methods and apparatuses 1 60 r60'r 60\" r 70 r 80 adapted to perform additive manufacturing (AM) and the resulting processes products _ = = Reakive iluid(s) . Base Material Inert Gas made therefrom, and specifically, to AM = 50 y V processes that employ an energy beam to V selectively fuse a base material to produce = an object. More particularly, the invention — Ener gy relates to methods and systems that use re- = 40 42-.-A 44 -..\ active fluids to actively manipulate the = > Build Chamber surface chemistry of the base material pri- = H Controller or to, during and/or after the AM process. = 30 A 100 '—' Data File J 1-1 10 ---- 90 11 7r © IN 1-1 FIGURE 1 1-1 IN 1-1 0 ei O WO 2017/117041 Al 1#11101M01101DEIROIDEOM0101011010111110E111111VOIS SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Published: GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). — with international search report (Art. 21(3))